Colour ramps for elevation
The classic hypsometric ramp runs from green through tan to brown and white. It is not physically meaningful, but readers know it, which is the point of a convention.
Made-up landscapes rendered as maps: hillshade, contours and colour ramps.
The classic hypsometric ramp runs from green through tan to brown and white. It is not physically meaningful, but readers know it, which is the point of a convention.